[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Not Broken Simply Unfinished
When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never - ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast, we’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what jus...
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On the Pulse of Morning
On the Pulse of Morning - by Dr. Maya Angelou A Poem for Bill Clinton's First Presidential Inauguration A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens&...
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Praise Song for the Day
Praise Song for the Day - by Elizabeth Alexander A Poem for Barack Obama's First Presidential Inauguration. Each day we go about our business,walking past each other, catching each other'seyes or not, about to speak or speaking.All about us is ...
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Of History and Hope
Of History and Hope - by Miller Williams A Poem for Bill Clinton's Second Presidential Inauguration We have memorized America,how it was born and who we have been and where.In ceremonies and silence we say the words,telling the stories, singing...
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Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
